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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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